The age of wearable tech is growing at a whopping rate and just when you think you’re sporting the latest and greatest health or fitness gear, you can bet there’s a new and improved version just around the corner. If you’re feeling a tad overwhelmed, look out for these top …
Read More »Sony Might Re-launch Iconic Classic PlayStation 1 Console before E3 Convention
E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2018 is the world’s largest annual video games convention in LA (June 12-15) where the biggest games publishers launch new titles and show off their hottest creations. This year will not only showcase the latest consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo, and other big industry names, but Sony …
Read More »Tears May Be a Novel Way to Produce Electricity
In recent experiments, researchers at the University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute, Ireland, have discovered a way to produce electricity from tears. How could this help in real life? Well, a reduced amount of battery depletion on your smartphone is one example! In their lab, the Bernal scientists, whose results appear …
Read More »Cardiff University Scientists Create Methanol Using Oxygen from the Air
Cardiff University has published in Science — the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — that a team of scientists from its Catalysis Institute have discovered an easy way to produce methanol from methane using oxygens from the air around us. To-date, methanol is produced …
Read More »For Retailers AI isn’t all Sci-Fi, but at Least E-commerce is Creating Jobs
The Automation, particularly when it comes to robots (artificial intelligence – AI) and software (take self-driving trucks, and industries from auto manufacturing, to metal products, pharmaceuticals, food service, and warehouses) is swallowing up brick-and-mortar retail jobs and rendering the middle-class powerless. Yet, a report by the Progressive Policy Institute on …
Read More »Texas Instruments’ 2Q17 Earnings Boost Semiconductor Optimism
Economic Bellwether Texas Instruments (TI), the global US tech company that designs and manufactures semiconductors, has given semiconductor stocks with ties to the automotive and industrial markets a large dose of optimism with its announcement of a strong rise in fiscal 2Q17 earnings. Commenting on its performance and returns to …
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